Oct 17 - U.S. stock index futures advanced on Thursday, with an upbeat forecast from TSMC boosting semiconductor stocks, while investors awaited key economic data for clues on the U.S. consumer's financial health.
Other chip stocks such as Broadcom , rose 2.7%, Intel , gained 1.3% and Arm Holdings was 3.6% higher. Megacap stocks rose after broad declines in the previous session, with Apple , rising 0.8% and Microsoft up 0.6%. Dow E-minis were up 29 points, or 0.07%, S&P 500 E-minis were up 24.25 points, or 0.41% and Nasdaq 100 E-minis were up 169.5 points, or 0.83%.
This propelled the benchmark index to fresh record highs and closer to the psychologically important 6,000 mark.
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